LOCAL business woman, Nicole Flanagan of Vagabonds Milkshake Bar, Crediton has won the "Venus Business Woman Award" for "Employer of the Year", at the Devon regional finals award ceremony held in Exeter.

Nicole will now automatically qualify as a finalist within the "National Venus Business Woman Awards" within this category, which will be hosted in Basingstoke in January 2015.

She would like to thank everyone who voted for her, and for their continued support over the years, with her business.

This is the second business award that Nicole has won with Vagabonds Milkshake Bar. The first award was the "Devon Life Food and Drink Best New Enterprise Award" in 2012.

It looks like 2015 is set to start off with plenty of excitement for the young business woman.